Manuel_Jiménez_Abalo
Manuel Jiménez (footballer, born 1956)
Spanish footballer
Manuel Enrique Jiménez Abalo (born 27 October 1956) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Enrique Jiménez Abalo | ||
| Date of birth | (1956-10-27) 27 October 1956 (age 67) | ||
| Place of birth | Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Carril | |||
| Arosa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1977 | Arosa | ||
| 1977–1979 | Deportivo Gijón | ||
| 1979–1991 | Sporting Gijón | 420 | (8) |
| 1991–1992 | Burgos | 38 | (0) |
| Total | 458 | (8) | |
| International career | |||
| 1980–1981 | Spain B | 6 | (0) |
| 1981 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jiménez was born in Vilagarcía de Arousa, Province of Pontevedra, Galicia. During his professional career, he played for Sporting de Gijón and Real Burgos CF. He spent 12 of his 13 seasons with the Asturias club, appearing in nearly 500 official matches – he never played less than 30 games in La Liga, and helped the team to the fourth place in the 1986–87 campaign after contributing 43 appearances (3,870 minutes).[1][2]
With Burgos, in his final season, Jiménez played all the matches and minutes, and the modest Castile and León side retained their top-division status while posting the eighth-best defensive record in the league.[3] He retired at nearly 36, and later worked as a sports agent.[1]
Jiménez earned one cap for Spain on 18 November 1981, a 3–2 friendly win in Poland,[4] being selected to the 1982 FIFA World Cup squad.
- List of La Liga players (400+ appearances)
- List of Sporting de Gijón players (100+ appearances)
- "What became of... Manuel Enrique Jiménez". La Liga. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- Rosety, Manuel (20 January 2019). "La máxima rentabilidad" [Maximum profit]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente. "Spain, Final Tables 1989–1999". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- Stanski, Gzregorz (19 November 1981). "2–3: España remontó a Polonia en un final alucinante" [2–3: Spain came back from behind against Poland in mind-blowing finale] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- Manuel Jiménez at BDFutbol
- Manuel Jiménez at National-Football-Teams.com